Recent Good News

The government of French Polynesia announced it is expanding the extent of ocean where extractive industries like seabed mining and industrial fishing will not be allowed. With this move, 30% of French Polynesia’s waters will now be fully protected.

For the country's 250th anniversary, Smithsonian curators draw different kinds of maps that tell a story beyond state lines.

The major wildlife corridor project includes 19 rope bridges, 24 underpasses, and two land bridges for local fauna.

Installed in 2021, local officials now say that there has been a “substantial reduction” in casualties for the endangered species.

The couple’s gift will lead to the erasure of medical debt for families starting in mid-July.

Deaths have dramatically declined since school-age girls in England started being offered the vaccine in 2008 — and it’s saved around 200 lives in England so far.

Globally, the loggerhead population has decreased by 47% over the past three generations.

The beautiful game has been inspiring some equally beautiful displays of community, humanity, and multiculturalism — and we’re not even out of the group stage yet.

A rare ringtail was seen passing through a 405-acre property in Ashland, Oregon.

The new community is in the process of being built, and will include 50 cottage homes for new residents.